I have bricked my 16G SD card
Anyone any idea how to get the stuff back off the card? I have tried putting it into a Desktop computer but the XP operating system just cant see it in File Explorer
Anyone any ideas?
Pete
Heh... Funny use of the word "bricked".
Originally, it was used to describe a phone that was broken in such a way that it could not be used as anything other than a brick.
Guess that's the way the language evolves..
Anyway, File Explorer can only read the device if the partition is ok.
If you've somehow corrupted the filetable, File Explorer won't see it.
Try this;
Right-click "My Computer"
Select "Manage"
Select "Disk management"
If you can see it as Disk# (where # is a number), you can probably delete the existing partition and create a new one.
Or if you can't see any partition data, just try to create a new one.
Good luck!
Bonzo said:
Heh... Funny use of the word "bricked".
Originally, it was used to describe a phone that was broken in such a way that it could not be used as anything other than a brick.
Guess that's the way the language evolves..
Anyway, File Explorer can only read the device if the partition is ok.
If you've somehow corrupted the filetable, File Explorer won't see it.
Try this;
Right-click "My Computer"
Select "Manage"
Select "Disk management"
If you can see it as Disk# (where # is a number), you can probably delete the existing partition and create a new one.
Or if you can't see any partition data, just try to create a new one.
Good luck!
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whats up bonzo. i got the same problem. my 16gb that came with my hd2 is unreadable and unformatable within my device and cpu. in the disk management screen, i have the sd pluged in and it says that its disk 1 and "31 MB RAW" whatever that means. how would i go about patitioning the data to restore it? i dont care about the files because i backed them up and bought another 16gb. i wanted to see if i can get this unreadable 16gb back up. thanks in advance! just a side note, ive done no physical damage to it, all ive done is add media. the sd came with the phone so it is new. one day when i tried to access a movie and the sd didnt show in file explorer.
If you have a stuffed SD card, try plugging the card into a computer, and run TestDisk and PhotoRec. Hopefully you can get the data off it.
hi,the problem with my sd card is that my touchpro2 can read it but cannot write.I am using energyrom cdma May 23 on the fone.is it possible that having my 2gig transcend card in my fone during my upgrade could ve caused the problm.formatting with my hp laptop get to 90% but then says windows cant complete format.I can still see what I ve on the card but cant remove them or add anything on the card.Any help will be appreciated.thanx u all
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If you have a stuffed SD card, try plugging the card into a computer, and run TestDisk and PhotoRec. Hopefully you can get the data off it.
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Tried this but the computer can see the card as a drive - tried it in an USB stick adaptor and a hub ....no joy
Will try with windows 7 ..... possibly that better
Still stuck and dare not use my phone
PLeeeese ..... anyone any ideas ------ HELP
I'm also having problems with a 16GB SD card in my HTC Hero. My phone is rooted and I'm using the Amon-Ra 1.6.2 Recovery Image.
Booting into recovery mode I go to Partition SDCard, set 0MB for SWAP, 1024MB for EXT2 and the remainder for FAT32. Everything seems to go ok, but having installed some apps on my phone, my internal memory is lower than I would have expected. I've installed Quick System Info Pro and it tells me that it can't get any information for Apps2SD. I'm also having difficulties when copying data to the FAT32 partition, both when the card is in the phone and when it's plugged into a USB port on my computer.
Taking the advice to run testdisk, it reports the following:
Check FAT: unusual media descriptor (0xf0! = 0xf8)
Warning: Incorrect number of heads/cylinder 4 (FAT)! = 255 (HD)
Warning: Incorrect number of sectors per track 16 (FAT)! = 63 (HD)
1 P FAT32 LBS 0 0 2 1915 49 17 30767578
No EXT2, JFS, Reiser Cramfs or XFS Marker
2 P LINUX 1915 49 18 2039 181 62 2000421
2 P LINUX 1915 49 18 2039 181 62 2000421
No Partition is bootable
Can anyone help me decipher this? Am I right in thinking that the three warnings are simply because it's a memory card rather than a hard disk? Also, why is it showing that I've got 2 LINUX partitions?
Does anyone have any suggestions for getting it working? Is it worth making a live linux (Ubuntu?) CD and creating the partitions under that or can I do it while the card is in the phone using adb?
OR, is my SDCard busted?
Windows can't touch to removable (usb pendrive/SD) partition table, you need to use linux for remake it
Also, only one partition, Windows can see only one SD/USB partition
desmopro said:
Windows can't touch to removable (usb pendrive/SD) partition table, you need to use linux for remake it
Also, only one partition, Windows can see only one SD/USB partition
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You mean it can only see one pen drive at a time?
he means it wont read more than 1 partition on a single drive, I re-wrote a usb key once for USB booting and somehow messed up the partitions, but HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool seemed to sort it
Well, I've since found a guide on here, written a few years back, to manually create partitions using adb shell and parted, and I've even resorted to downloading Ubuntu and using the LiveCD to boot my PC into Linux and then using the disk tools under that, and I'm STILL having issues.
I can create a FAT32 partition without any problems, the difficulties are coming when I then try to create an EXT2 partition; I get a read/write error.
So, all of this suggests to me that my SDCard is bricked and I need to send it back and get it replaced! Unless of course, anyone has any other suggestions?
enzydroid said:
Well, I've since found a guide on here, written a few years back to manually create partitions using adb shell and parted, and I've even resorted to downloading Ubuntu and using the LiveCD to boot my PC into Linux and then using the disk tools under that, and I'm STILL having issues.
I can create a FAT32 partition without any problems, the difficulties are coming when I then try to create an EXT2 partition; I get a read/write error.
So, all of this suggests to me that my SDCard is bricked and I need to send it back and get it replaced! Unless of course, anyone has any other suggestions?
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are you using gparted in ubuntu? when i created mine for my hero, i had to tick one of the boot optiosn in gparted
also how is it connected to the pc?
Yes, I was using gparted in ubuntu, set to 'master boot record' I think it was. I've got a usb key with an adaptor for the micro sdcard.
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Yes, I was using gparted in ubuntu, set to 'master boot record' I think it was. I've got a usb key with an adaptor for the micro sdcard.
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keep on messing about with it, Its rare they die unless its been write to over 250,000 times of you have been trying to smoke it
I quit smoking nearly 3 months ago now!
Just to clarify, I create the FAT32 partition first, then the EXT2 partition. Am I right in setting it up with a master boot record (I think that's the option within gparted)?
Regarding the EXT2 partition, do I need to take ownership of it or just leave it for SU access only?
Cheers
may i know which partition you set as boot.?
i've tried to set fat32(boot),ext2,linux-swap still does not work. should i set all partition as boot. is there any limit on the size for ext2 and linux-swap partition?
how you partition the sdcard? connect to pc using usb card adapter or connect to pc using the phone?
I have this strange problem when i factory reset my TAB S SMT-705(Rooted).I left my Memorycard(Kingston 64GB Class 10 SDXC )in while resetting.After reset,First thing i noticed that i was unable to see anything on my Sd card,but it is showing used space and free space in settings.When i removed and put it in PC with a card reader,,i found out that there are 2 partitions,first one is Unknown 16MB partition and the second one exFAT partition containing my data.I am trying everything on the internet but of no use.Some utilities say Sd is write protected ,in linux some show the same error like as in android terminal ( fdisk ) that the "format is complete,but the kernel is not updated". Is there anything i can do to recover my SDCARD?
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I have this strange problem when i factory reset my TAB S SMT-705(Rooted).I left my Memorycard(Kingston 64GB Class 10 SDXC )in while resetting.After reset,First thing i noticed that i was unable to see anything on my Sd card,but it is showing used space and free space in settings.When i removed and put it in PC with a card reader,,i found out that there are 2 partitions,first one is Unknown 16MB partition and the second one exFAT partition containing my data.I am trying everything on the internet but of no use.Some utilities say Sd is write protected ,in linux some show the same error like as in android terminal ( fdisk ) that the "format is complete,but the kernel is not updated". Is there anything i can do to recover my SDCARD?
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if you have windows 7 you may be able to try disk management and see if you can remove the new partition
i Cant
methslushee said:
if you have windows 7 you may be able to try disk management and see if you can remove the new partition
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I have tried it,but no luck.Partition delete option is unavailable.
Hello, first let me thank you for any help you can provide.
I have a Pumpkin X 9.6" 32GB [OCTA CORE] Android 4.4 Tablet
MTK Droid Tools lists it as the following.
Hardware: MT6582 (MT6595 is Fake!)
Model: T809C
Build Number: T809C_vEB014D_20150104
Android: 4.4.2
It's Storage is divided between Internal Storage 1.99GB and Phone Storage 27.47GB. I run out of space on the Internal storage all the time, it looks like that is where it store almost all App Data. I've moved every App to phone storage and it's not enough. I would like to repartition to 20GB Internal Storage and 10GB Phone Storage. It also has an SD expansion for up to 32GB, I tried Link2SD Plus and have not been able to make that work at all, always package failure when going to link the files to SD. The 32GB SD Card will hold any media that I would like to keep instead of having it on the tablet itself.
I have rooted with Kingo Root and it has worked fine for most things. I ran MTK Droid Tools with ADBD Insecure and ran a Backup and a NVRAM Backup. I also ran TWRP 2.8.2.0 and have that installed.
I usually muddle through things like this on my own, but since it is a knock off tablet and has no support website I figured it would be best to consult some experts so I do not brick the tablet into unusability.
I looked at HK ROM Editor and it was of no use. I have also tried to look at the files with ERBTweak, but since my ERB1 file is 1kb I don't think the program will deal with it.
If anyone could help it would be much appreciated. Any precautionary steps I missed? Or programs to try?
hi all
new to forums but have a little knowledge on android systems but by no means an expert normal use these to learn more but bought this tablet made under iropro brand generic seems to have ok spec but has 32gb storage half is sd then the other half is split in to a 2gb system data storage and 9.9 gb internal storage but apps are automatically stored to the 2gb section which fills rapidly and even with link2sd does not help a great deal and is a pain in back side. Basically so far ive found a program pheonixsuit to do the flashing process and got a working img for the os. i found a program called dragonface to open the img which then thru explorer and note++ i am able to edit the partition info but i can only seem to be able to alter the user data partition from 2 gb downwards not up because soon as i up the partition once it is saved then re flashed to tablet it is still at 2gb and not at the number i set it at. This is getting very frustrating been at it for hours now any help would be great thanks
For some reason wont let me add screen shots or pictures this is the tablet
MODEL: BS1078
ANDROID VER: 4.4.2
FIRM VER: V4.5-eng.wyl.20151008.093530
KERN VER: 3.3.0
BUILD NO: fiber_bs1078-eng4.4.2 KOT49H 20151008
PROCES: QuadCore
2gb data, 9.9gb internal, 15gb sd 32gb total storage available separate to the external storage.
im having the same issue with out doing any of the tech. wondering what to do to fix this.
Hi,
I have the below unit and after upgrading ROM/MCU I am seeing a peculiar issue where unit will not boot if I leave the SD card in GPS Card slot. As soon I remove the card, the unit boots up fine.
After upgrading MCU I did lose canbus settings and I have everything working now with respect to radio, bluetooth & steering wheel keys after I picked all the options by trial and error (Didn't take backup of canbus setings). Not sure if canbus settings is the issue here.
I installed DSA PreRooted ROM as well factory ROM and this issue is still there. Any suggestions to resolve this issue?
MCU Version
MTCC-KLD6-V2.97
Aug 02 2016 10:35:08
Android Version
5.1.1
1024*600
Kernel version
3.0.1.1+
[email protected] #106
Fri Aug 19 20:44:27 CST 2016
Build number
rk3188-userdebug 23082016.11:01:56
Hello friend,
I have had the same problem with microsd card in GPS slot, problem was in card... please use partition magic or simmilar toool, remove all flags from microsd card, remove filesystem and create a new one. After this, unit works with card in GPS , I mean unit boot normally.